Command Team
The Command Team consists of: 

• Fire Chief
• Deputy Chief of Operations
• Emergency Medical/Training Chief
• Assistant Fire Marshal
• Logistics Officer
• Office Manager

Responsibilities

• Fire Administration is responsible for: 
• Budget Development 
• Payroll 
• Accounts Payable 
• Purchasing and Procurement 
• Recruitment 
• Developing and Implementing Policies and Procedures 
• Research and Development 
• Grant Writing 
• Interdepartmental Relations 
• Statistical Analysis 
• Developing Job Criteria and Performance Evaluations 
• Public Education and Prevention Programs

Administrative Team
The Administrative Team establishes the departments’ strategic plan, goals and objectives and creates, directs and implements programs to meet those goals.

FD Sections

• The organization is comprised of several major sections: 
• Administration 
• Prevention/Code Enforcement 
• Prevention/Education 
• Investigations 
• Emergency Medical Services 
• Training 
• Internal Affairs 
• Support Services/Logistics 
• Operations, which comprises most of the department (91%)
• Emergency Medical Services

In addition to fire suppression, EPFD provides basic life support and advance life support Emergency Medical Services (EMS), which consist of eighty percent (80%) of all fire calls. EMS involves medical emergencies where firefighters arrive on the scene and begin initial assessment and treatment to stabilize the patient until Rural Metro arrives.